Brown-Eyed Susans II

Recipe By GINGER P
Rating
Published Oct 3rd
Prep - Cook - Additional - Ready In -
Servings 5 to 6 dozen Calories 57.9

These are a delicate nutty butter cookie with a chocolate filled center. My aunt used to make these, and I loved them.

Recipe Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup margarine
  • ¼ cup confectioners' sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons hot water

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
  2. 2 In a medium bowl, cream the butter, margarine and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Add the flour and mix until just blended. Do not overmix.
  3. 3 Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place cookies 2 inches apart into prepared cookie sheets. Make a slight indentation in the center. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be lightly browned. Cool slightly and frost the center of each cookie.
  4. 4 To make the icing, combine the confectioners' sugar, cocoa and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir in the hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle the icing from the tip of a knife or spoon onto the center of each cookie. Allow the cookies time to set up before serving.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 57.9
  • Carbohydrate 5.9 g
  • Cholesterol 3.4 mg
  • Fat 3.7 g
  • Fiber 0.3 g
  • Protein 0.6 g
  • Saturated Fat 1.1 g
  • Sodium 50.2 mg
  • Sugar 3 g

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Reviews

  1. JimmyandNancy Long Jan 25, 2012 01:29 AM
    This was a faceless recipe which I had never tried. After reading the reviews I decided to add an egg and to finely chop the pecans in the food processor. The cookies have a nice nutty and buttery taste resembling a Pecan Sandie. I placed cookie dough in a cookie press and the dough worked - Read more ...
  2. JAMJMine Apr 20, 2010 01:55 AM
    These were good cookies but needed to be pulled out of the oven sooner than the time stated in the recipe. Also I am subtracting one star because the directions are insufficient and do not tell you when to add all the ingredients listed. I omitted the pecans because my kids don't like them in - Read more ...
  3. belle4397 Jan 22, 2009 06:12 PM
    These were ok but pretty dry. Partly because I baked them too long. I suggest starting with 8 minutes not 10. They taste pretty good though (I did use a different frosting because I ran out of powdered sugar but I don't think that altered the taste too much it was a very similar frosting).
  4. KAYMARKWAY Nov 9, 2003 08:24 PM
    The recipe doesn't say to add the nuts salt and baking powder in at any time so I added it when I added the flour. They ended up quite good and very addicting as my mother found out!
  5. JJHULL Aug 29, 2002 11:57 PM
    The cookie is good however the icing needs butter. It was very easy to make. The only thing a child shouldn't do is chop the nuts.
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